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Well, we bought them for our two-year-old daughter. I didn't mention
her initially because she wasn't germane to the issue, and I didn't want
to stray TOO far off topic.
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From: Dick Margulis [mailto:margulis -at- fiam -dot- net]
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 12:34 PM
To: Downing, David
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: "DO NOT COOK"?
Downing, David wrote:
>
> When we looked at the box, we found out that you don't cook the pb&j
> pastries at all. My wife felt foolish, but I think the wrappers
> should have had a "DO NOT COOK" instruction on them, in anticipation
> of someone making exactly the wrong assumption that my wife did.
> Whenever possible, I try to anticipate things people might be gonna do
> that they aren't supposed to and include the appropriate warning. Do
> you all think it was called for in this case?
>
On the one hand, I agree with you that such a note is called for in this
situation. On the other hand, I wonder what would possess anyone to buy
such a product in the first place. I hope you small children you can
blame this lack of judgment on ;-)
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